For fans of Patricia Lockwood and Ben Lerner, audacious fictions of a generation wondering: what now?
** Chosen as a Guardian, White Review and NPR Book of the Year 2022 **
'Reward System is an exhilarating and beautiful book by an extraordinarily gifted writer. Reading these stories, I found myself thinking newly and differently about contemporary life.' SALLY ROONEY
Julia has landed a fresh start - at a 'pan-European' restaurant.
'Imagine that,' says her mother.
'I'm imagining.'
Nick is flirting with sobriety and nobody else. Did you know: adults his age are now more likely to live with their parents than a romantic partner?
Life should have started to take shape by now - but instead we're trying on new versions of ourselves, swiping left and right, searching for a convincing answer to that question: 'What do you do?'
Reward System is a set of ultra-contemporary and electrifyingly fresh fictions about a generation of the cusp; the story of two people enmeshed in Zooms and lockdowns, loneliness and love.
| ISBN: | 9780571363780 |
| Publication date: | 5th May 2022 |
| Author: | Jem Calder |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
General Fiction Modern and Contemporary Fiction Shorter Reads |
For fans of Patricia Lockwood and Ben Lerner, audacious fictions of a generation wondering: what now?
** Chosen as a Guardian, White Review and NPR Book of the Year 2022 **
'Reward System is an exhilarating and beautiful book by an extraordinarily gifted writer. Reading these stories, I found myself thinking newly and differently about contemporary life.' SALLY ROONEY
Julia has landed a fresh start - at a 'pan-European' restaurant.
'Imagine that,' says her mother.
'I'm imagining.'
Nick is flirting with sobriety and nobody else. Did you know: adults his age are now more likely to live with their parents than a romantic partner?
Life should have started to take shape by now - but instead we're trying on new versions of ourselves, swiping left and right, searching for a convincing answer to that question: 'What do you do?'
Reward System is a set of ultra-contemporary and electrifyingly fresh fictions about a generation of the cusp; the story of two people enmeshed in Zooms and lockdowns, loneliness and love.
Reward System features in the following genres: General Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Shorter Reads
Reward System is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Reward System was written by Jem Calder and published by Faber & Faber
Reward System has 288 pages